STAR FISH

Cast for Space Fish and fight to reel them in from a cozy little asteroid.

Find hotspots for unique fish, upgrade your gear to help catch tougher space fish, and earn custom fishing line colors!

Find research scattered throughout your little asteroid for tips on catching each space fish.

--- Controls ---

Keyboard and Mouse Controls only.

WASD: Movement

Left Mouse Button: Cast out a line, press again to stop casting a line to land a specific distance.

Right Mouse Button: Reel in your line, if you have nothing hooked your line will reel in ready to cast again.

Q/TAB: Open/Close Finventory & player menu

E: Interact with items around the asteroid

ESC: Back to the main menu

--- How to Play! ---

Fishing:

Cast out anywhere with the left mouse button.

When the flare at the end of the line emits purple, you hooked a space fish! Click the right mouse button to begin reeling it in.

While reeling, move your mouse to keep the target over the red dot (space fish) in the Reelscope display. The outer ring tells you the progress, if the fish maxes out your like it will go free, but reel it all the way in and you have a catch!

Selling Space Fish:

To sell you space fish, head to the mailbox and place them in the mailbox. Every 2 minutes the mail is collected and your credits will be transferred directly to you. There are bulk selling bonus, you'll get an extra 10% for every 10 fish sold in a single collection.

Buying Gear and Bait:

Head to the vending machine to purchase new bait or parts for your rod.

Bait can be equipped/swapped in your finventory, but modifying your rod must be done at the toolbox near the mailbox.

Custom Line Cores:

The line core is prime aesthetic piece of any space rod, but are no cheap component. Purchase these to swap out your space line color.

Fish Finders:

Fish finders are scattered about the asteroid, find and activate these to locate rare fish that only appear in these areas. Pay attention to the distance, some of these may not be reachable without a longer than standard line length. You'll know when your space hook is in a space fish hotspot as your rods reelscope will beep and display an icon.

Fish Research: 

Fish research is also scattered around the asteroid, finding these will give you hints on how to catch each space fish, including bait selection and tips for gear if it might be needed. You can view all your collected research in your finventory.

Saving:

The game currently continuously autosaves afters progress (Fish caught, earned credits, bought item, sold fish etc.)

--- A bit more about this game and its potential future ---

I hope you enjoy playing this game as much as I enjoyed making it. It's probably the most fun to play game I've worked on, and there feel like there might be some potential here. I've had to make decisions to keep it to a scope achievable in my beginner skill set for the 2024 Ryan Laley game jam. (I would prefer Line Colors to be achievement based rather that purchasable, and work on the balance of the fish values more)

So if you do enjoy this game and would like to see it be worked on in more capacity, please leave a comment. I'm also more than happy to receive constructive feedback, how you felt playing this game, ideas that could be incorporated etc.